Dr. Kirtman uses complex coupled ocean atmosphere general
circulation models to investigate the predictability of
the climate system on time scales from days-to-decades and
to study the influence of tropical variability on mid-latitude
predictability.

Clement, A., B. Kirtman, and A. Pirani, 2011: CLIMATE LITERACY AS A FOUNDATION FOR PROGRESS IN PREDICTING AND ADAPTING TO THE CLIMATE OF THE COMING DECADES. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 92, 633-635.

Kirtman, B., and A. Pirani, 2009: The State of the Art of Seasonal Prediction Outcomes and Recommendations from the First World Climate Research Program Workshop on Seasonal Prediction. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 90, 455-458.

Yeh, S. W., and B. P. Kirtman, 2003: On the relationship between the interannual and decadal SST variability in the North Pacific and tropical Pacific Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 108.

Wu, R. G., and B. P. Kirtman, 2003: On the impacts of the Indian summer monsoon on ENSO in a coupled GCM. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 129, 3439-3468.